US navy stops ship carrying ‘explosive precursor’ from Iran
BSS :The US navy said on Sunday it had stopped a ship carrying 40 tons of a fertiliser that can be used to make explosives...
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Gunshots heard in several Burkina Faso barracks
BSS :Gunshots were heard in several barracks in Burkina Faso on Sunday, including two in the capital Ouagadougou, military sources and residents told AFP.Shots were...
Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir admitted to hospital again
BSS :Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to a specialist heart hospital for the third time in the space of a few...
More than 70 dead in fighting after Syria jail attack
BSS :Fighting raged for a third day on Saturday between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after IS attacked a prison housing...
India reports over 3.37 lakh cases
BSS :India added 3,37,704 new corona virus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,89,03,731, which includes 10,050 cases of the Omicron variant,...
Saudi coalition denies Yemen prison air strike that killed 70
BSS :The Saudi-led coalition on Saturday rejected an allegation of an air strike on a prison in Yemen’s rebel-held north that aid groups said killed...
Dead, wounded in air strike on Yemen prison
BSS :An air strike has destroyed a prison in the Huthi rebel stronghold of Saada in northern Yemen, leaving many dead or wounded, the insurgents...
11 soldiers killed in Iraq by IS: military source
BSS :The Islamic State group against their base in the eastern province of Diyala killed eleven Iraqi soldiers in a nighttime attack, a military source...
China, Russia block US push for UN sanctions on North Koreans
BSS :China and Russia on Thursday blocked a US push to impose United Nations sanctions on five North Koreans in response to recent missile launches...
French rail giant Alstom to hire 7,500 worldwide
BSS :French rail giant Alstom announced on Friday it had plannned to hire 7,500 people worldwide this year to meet rising demand and record orders...
Russia sees record daily virus cases amid Omicron surge
BSS :Russia on Friday reported a record number of new coronavirus infections over the previous 24 hours, a government tally showed, with officials warning of...
Four people including baby freeze to death near US-Canada border
BSS :Canadian authorities found the bodies of four people including a baby who apparently froze to death in a blizzard a few meters from the...